Process of making a fertilizer composition.



OMER BENNETT, OF HORNELL, NEW YORK.

PROCESS OF MAKING A FERTILIZER COMPOSITION.

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Specification 01 Letters Patent.

Application filed January 31, 1911. Serial No. 605,779.

Patented July 15, 1913.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, OMER BENNETT, a citizen of the United States, residin at Hornell, in the county of Steuben and tate of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Processes of Making a Fertilizer Composition, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to fertilizers, and its object is to provide a fertilizer which will keep the soilloose and 'porousfor the absorption of moisture, destroy all germs or insects liable to attack the roots of the plant, retain a certain amountof moisture for the use of the plant, and generate and extract from the air and earth such substances as are useful and available for plant food and growth. I v i A further object of the invention is to provide a. composition which may be used as an insecticide upon the exposed surfaces of the plants. I

In carrying my invention into practice, I providea composition of the .followmg ingredients, to wit I Sulfate ofiron (co peras) 25 per cent. Ghlorid of sodium common salt),

, percent. Lime .(unslaked) 25 per cent.

lime wil-lbe completely slaked, calcium hydroxid will 'be formed which will convert more or less of the sodium chlorid into sodium hydroxid, which uniting with the carbon dioxid of the atmosphere will form sodium carbonate. The composition thus formed, just before applying to the soil is.

tions above stated. In use, the composition is spread over the surface of the ground or about the plants and combined with the soil be in any of the usual ways.

This composition also acts upon certain of the rocks and disinte rated portions of the same in the soil an frees the potash 1 therein for use and absorption by the plants,

thereby at the same time loosening up the soil. It has a strong aflinity for moisture, and collects and retains the same to a considerable extent. It further destroys cer tain insects and their larvae which would sulfate of iron in water may be used for this purpose. I

By the combination of the ingredients in the proportions named, and the method of manufacture set forth, an important advantage is obtained over prior-fertilizers of this particular character, in that by slaking the lime in the manner described with the salt, and thus forming calcium hydroxid, all of the active constituents of the mixture will be retained and the chemical composition changed so that there will be no free particles of lime left which would be apt to burn and destroy the growing vegetation, an objection incident to all fertilizers in which the lime is slaked by the action of Water.

Moreover, a composition made as hereinbefore describedis available for immediate use, whereas ordinary compositions of this character must be stored, often for lengthy periods, in order to allow of the proper ents upon one another. Having thus described my invention, I cla1m:-

chemical action of the respective ingredi- 1. The herein described method of making a fertilizer, which comprises mixing unslaked lime with common'salt, and allowmg the mixture to air-slake for about 24 hours; then addingiron sulfate and thoroughly mixing the mass by grinding; allowing the mixture to stand for a time, and then mixing with gypsurm 2. The herein described method of making a fertilizer, which comprises mixing 1 'slake for about 24 hours; then adding 1 part part of unslaked lime with 2 parts of cornf In testimony whereof I affix my signature mon salt, and allowing the mixture to a1rin presence of two witnesses.

of iron sulfate and thoroughly mixing the OMER BENNETT massby grinding; allowing the mixture to Witnesses: stand for a time, and then mixing with 2 MILO M. AOKER,

- M.'C. ALMY.

parts of ground gypsum. 

